Raymond H. Costa Family Scholarship Awards $25,000 through Scholarships to 10 Local Students
Salinas Valley Students to be Recognized for their Academic Accomplishments at Scholarship Celebration
Salinas Valley, Calif., - (June 6, 2024) - Twenty-five thousand dollars has been awarded to 10 local students who have been selected as the 2024 Raymond H. Costa Family Scholarship recipients.
Recipients are high school graduates, undergraduates, or graduate students at California academic institutions who work, or their parents work, at local McDonald’s restaurants.
"Many of our scholarship recipients are the first in their families to have the opportunity and means to attend college,” said McDonald's Owner/Operator Raymond H. Costa. “We are honored to help support these incredibly dedicated and talented students attend college. Our goal since the start of this program is to help make positive contributions to the lives of our employees and their families through supporting their educational pursuits."
The Raymond H. Costa Family Scholarship is solely funded by the Costa Family who owns and operates local McDonald’s restaurants. The program is administered through the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Since the scholarship fund was created in 2017, they have awarded over $419,000 to 151 scholarship recipients.
See below for this year’s scholarship recipients.
Recipient Educational Institution
Adriana Cervantes | University of California, Davis |
Alexa Sarai Zendejas-Trujillo | California State University, Monterey Bay |
Alfredo Hernandez | California State University, Fresno |
Brian Lopez | San Diego State University |
Emanuel Martinez | California State University, Monterey Bay; California State University, Long Beach |
Francisco Skandall Sandoval | California State University, Fresno |
Giselle Hernandez- Hernandez | Hartnell Community College |
Jesus Angel Ortiz-Ramos | University of Southern California |
Joanna Jolette Gomez-Tovar | Hartnell Community College |
Joel Lopez Jr | California State University, San Marcos |
For more information, or to apply for future programs, visit the Community Foundation for Monterey County website https://www.cfmco.org/.
IMAGE: A total of $25,000 has been awarded to 10 Salinas Valley students through the Raymond H. Costa Family Scholarship. Since its inception, this scholarship fund has awarded $419,000 to 151 area students.
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